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Hammond Pond Park-O 

Starts: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:00 PM
Registration:  Pre-registration is optional, but requested (so we know how many maps to print) by Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:00 AM
Start Type: Interval (runners start at 1 minute intervals)
Map: Hammond Pond
Organizer: Alex Jospe

The first of six CSU Park-Os in the Spring 2009 Park-O series will be at Hammond Pond. Entry is $5 for adults and $3 for kids; extra maps cost $2.

This event is part of the 2009 Spring Park-O Series

Courses

courselengthclimbcontrolsnotesentriesresults
Advanced3000m0m12 1815
Beginner2000m0m8 13

Start Location  

Available Maps:

Mapquest Topozone Google Maps

Directions:
The registration and start will be at the parking lot on the SE side of Hammond Pond in Chestnut Hill. See maps below.

(Driving)
From Rt. 95 take Rt. 9 (Boylston St.) E to Hammond Pond Parkway, then into Hammond Pond lot just W of lower Bloomingdale's mall.

(Subway)
Take the green line (line D - Riverside) to Chestnut Hill. Walk 0.3 miles S [this is left, over the bridge, after you exit the station] along Hammond St. Turn right onto Boylston St. Walk 0.5 miles W along Boylston St. past the shopping malls. Find us on the N part of the parking lot just W of Bloomingdale’s mall.

(Bus)
Take bus 60 from Kenmore Station to Chestnut Hill. From the bus stop walk around the corner of Bloomingdale’s and find us on the N part of the parking lot.

Orienteering Map

 
Hammond Pond

Scale: 1:5000
Contours: 10ft

Mostly open forest with good visibility and runability. Several trails and rock features. Difficulty 4 out of 4 on the Park-O scale. This is real orienteering!


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